Otakon

This past weekend I went to Otakon in Baltimore, MD and checked out the game room to see what kind of Poké-action was to be had. The first thing I noticed was that the underground has a constant stream of explorers hunting for flags and laying intricate trap patterns. I was actually able to upgrade my secret base to silver status and eliminate about 5 stones. I was even able to talk to enough people to get my own Spiritomb.
 
Pokemon: Battle Revolution was set up as well with a large crowd battling on the big screen and on their DSs. I was disappointed because this was the perfect place to try out my Team Twilight, but they aren’t fully leveled up or evolved yet, though they have been fully EV trained. One trainer had a Gyarados which dominated by using Dragon Dance twice to always go first. He then used Earthquake, Ice Beam and Hydro Pump. Since everybody seemed to have at least three steel types on their team, he hit for double damage most of the time. I was especially ticked since my Nameless (Shedninja) would have been totally immune to his strategy (not to mention all of his attacks).
 
Other popular strategies included something called a “Tauntrados” and using Baton Pass (particularly with Swords Dance). I was also surprised to hear that many people consider Wobbuffet to be cheap. I’ll go into more detail in the next show, but I’m actually away training in the woods this week, so there won’t be a regular show this week. But when I come back we’ll talk more about these strategies and other things I picked up at the convention.